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Mari Kushakova

UI/UX Designer

Mari Kushakova
Warsaw, Poland

Experience

Feb 2024 - Jan 2025
1 year
Canada

UI/UX Designer

What’s the Deal?

  • Redesigned the platform’s UI, improving user retention by 30% and reducing bounce rates by 25%
  • Introduced Figma–based collaborative workflows, reducing design iteration time by 40% and accelerating developer handoff
  • Developed a comprehensive design system that streamlined workflows and ensured brand consistency across web and mobile applications
May 2023 - Dec 2023
8 months
Ottawa, Canada

UI/UX/Graphic Designer

myMarketing.io

  • Developed graphic elements for visual communication media, including collateral, branding, identity, packaging, retail scape, and large format graphics
  • Collaborated with the marketing team to design email newsletters for Ontario region, sent to over 10,000 potential customers
  • Produced up to 15 engaging social media posts per week for four companies using Figma and Adobe Photoshop, contributing to a 40% growth in social media followers
  • Developed UI for corporate web pages and product mobile applications
  • Utilized WordPress, Elementor, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, Trello, and Webflow
May 2023 - Aug 2023
4 months
Toronto, Canada

UI/UX Designer

The Gift Group

  • Achieved revenue growth in five e-commerce projects through successful strategies based on comprehensive UX research and A/B testing insights
  • Engineered highly impactful UI designs for pages, consistently yielding exceptional conversion rates
  • Awarded EXAW 2022 2nd place for building an amazing experience and research process for Deliver In Person
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
6 months
Poland

UI Designer

ZIMA UX, UI & Design Strategy

  • Focused on design and prototyping mobile and desktop solutions for Deliver In Person applications
  • Developed innovative UI designs for multiple software applications
  • Performed A/B testing on different UI versions to determine optimal results
  • Worked closely with stakeholders from concept through completion
  • Analyzed customer feedback to improve user experience across devices
May 2021 - Apr 2023
2 years
Canada

Product Designer/Illustrator

PopReach Games

  • Created and optimized over 100 vector illustrations with Figma and Adobe Illustrator for Peak’s Brain Training app online content
  • Contributed to an 18% increase in player engagement by developing 40 in-game achievements and badges with Figma
  • Collaborated with developers and project managers to implement new features and enhancements, resulting in consistent 20% revenue growth every three months and an 8% increase in new user acquisition monthly
May 2021 - Feb 2023
1 year 10 months
Poland

UI/UX Designer

Scalac

  • Established and led design for Teamy.ai, creating, documenting, and distributing a unified set of guidelines, toolkit, and accessible components for web and mobile products
  • Created wireframes, storyboards, and site maps to define application and website structure
  • Designed GUI elements such as menus, tabs, widgets, and forms
  • Conducted usability tests to identify design issues
  • Analyzed customer feedback data to inform product improvements
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
5 months
Poland

Graphic Designer

RADNA Agency

  • Collaborated with an external marketing firm to create graphics for social media campaigns, generating over $57,000 in new revenue
  • Led design, development, and printing of an experimental direct-mail flyer for PKP, increasing responses by 4x
  • Designed and produced art and copy layouts for visual communication media, including collateral, branding, identity, packaging, retail scape, and large format graphics
Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
5 months
United States

UI/UX/Graphic Designer

Ads4Earth

  • Designed brand identity, logo, and visual guidelines for cohesive brand presence
  • Created mobile app UI/UX, improving user engagement and navigation (Charity App – Help Earth)
  • Developed marketing materials to drive user acquisition in collaboration with the marketing team
  • Led startup branding and product design, shaping the platform’s user experience
Aug 2015 - Present
10 years 6 months
Warsaw, Poland

UI/UX/Graphic Designer

Sole Proprietorship

  • Wireframing
  • Design thinking
  • Rapid prototyping
  • User experience research
  • Production layout
  • Usability testing
  • Developed over 120 web pages, four CRM systems, more than 100 logotypes, over 40 brand guides, and 10 mobile apps
  • Provided UI/UX and graphic design services for ISAIC (University of Alberta), Windowmart (Edmonton, AB), Dony’a Ukraine’s Kitchen (Edmonton, Alberta), and Infinite Marketing (clients: Scott Builders, Stollery, CDI, and others worldwide)
  • Redesigned and added pages, moderated content for [link] and [link] using Webflow
  • Advertising understanding
  • Digital marketing
  • Branding and logo design

Summary

Experienced UI/UX Designer with 8 years of expertise in creating intuitive, interactive user experiences. Skilled in delivering comprehensive design solutions for corporate clients, combining technical proficiency, attention to detail, and a strong grasp of evolving design trends to drive business success. 10 years in marketing and graphic design.

Skills

  • Wireframin

  • Design Thinkin

  • User Experienc

  • Production Layout

  • Usability Testin

  • Rapid Prototypin

  • Visual Desig

  • Advertising Understandin

  • Digital Marketin

  • Branding & Logo

  • Complex Problem-solving

  • Ux Research

  • Interaction Design

  • Product Management

  • Usability Testing

  • Branding

  • Color Theory

  • Typography

  • Sketc

  • Adobe X

  • Figm

  • Invisio

  • Wordpress/elemento

  • Adobe Creative Suit

  • Mir

  • Trell

  • Webflow

Languages

Russian
Native
Ukrainian
Native
English
Advanced
Polish
Advanced
German
Elementary

Education

Sep 2001 - Jun 2005

NIMA, Nederlands Instituut voor Marketing

Bachelor in Business Economics · Business Economics · Kyiv, Ukraine

Certifications & licenses

Discover & Validate (Business startup development)

Linkedin

Excel (Different UI/UX sources)

Edmonton Unlimited

Foundations Of User Experience (UX) Design

Google

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